Cup and saucer support



y 1950 R. HANSON CUP AND SAUCER SUPPORT Filed Oct. 21, 1948 PatentedJuly 18, 1950 UNITED s'rA'r oUP ANo SAUCER s ProRT f Ernest R. Hanson,New Britain, "Conn. 1

Application October 21, 1948, Serial No. 55,750

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a cup and saucer support and more generally tosuch devices as are adapted to support a cup and saucer for displaypurposes.

An object of the invention is to provide such a support for attractivelydisplaying cups and saucers in homes, store windows and otherplaceswhere such display is desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a cup and saucersupport which is simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufactureand adapted to securely support the cup and saucer in an attractiveposition.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will be more clearlyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawing in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational plan view of my novel cup and saucer support.

Fig. 2 is an elevational side view thereof illustrating the improvedconstruction of my novel support.

Fig. 3 is an elevational front view thereof.

Fig. 4 is an elevational side view of said support illustrating thepositioning of a cup and saucer thereon.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in the drawings, mynovel cup and saucer support may comprise a symmetrical wire frameincluding side members 4-4, having front leg portions 5-5 with forwardlyextending loops at the free ends thereof forming front feet on my novelsupport. The wire forming the le portions 5--5 is bent rearwardly at thetop thereof to form the loops 6li which extend rearwardly and are formedto provide detents 8 and horizontal rest bars 9-9 for respectivelyreceiving and sup-- porting the edge of a saucer. The said horizontalbars are bent upwardly to form bracing members ill-H3 which are bentrearwardly and downwardly at their opposite ends to form near legs Illfor the said frame.

The side portions 4-4 are connected by upwardly converging arms l2l2which extend from the lower ends of each of the said legs Hli and areconnected in a centrally located loop 53 to which there is connected oneend of a suitable expansion spring 14 which has attached to the otherend thereof a double hook comprising two loops is and Il openingrespectively downwardly and upwardly as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.

In the use of my improved supporting frame for supporting a cupandsaucer, the saucer is first placed in the frame with the edg thereofresting on each of the horizontal bars 9-4! and in the detents 8-8; thebottom of said saucer resting against the bracing members H!l fl asclearly illustrated in Fig. 4. The saucer is securely retained on thesupport by pressing the downwardly open loop IE of the hook l5 over thetop edge of the saucer l8 and thereby enabling the spring I4 to securelyhold the saucer in position on the support. The handle of a cup I 9 maythen be placed into the upwardly open loop l! of the said hook and thebowl of the cup allowed to rest on the inner surface of the saucer.

It will be noted that my novel supporting frame is also adapted to holdplates of various sizes and shapes and is therefore not limited to thesupporting of a cup and saucer only.

I claim:

1. A cup and saucer support comprising a wire frame including a pair ofspaced side members each having a front and a rear leg, means extendingbetween said legs for supporting a saucer by the lower edge thereof, ajoining portion extending between said side members; said joiningportion comprising a pair of arms converging upwardly from the lower endof said rear legs and forming an attaching portion intermediate the saidside members, and resilient means engaging said attaching portion andhaving a hook at the free end thereof engageable with the upper edge ofthe saucer for retaining it on the support; the said hook being adaptedto also support a cup relatively to the saucer.

, 2. A cup and saucer support comprising a wire frame including spacedside members having front and rear leg portions. horizontal supportingportions extending rearwardly of said front legs, a bracing portionextending upwardly from said supporting portions, means at theintersection of said supporting portions and front leg portions adaptedto receive the edge of a saucer resting against said bracing portion, anupwardly diverging arm extending from each of said rear leg portions andforming a loop at the intersection thereof with the arm of the oppositeleg portion intermediate the said side portions, a spring anchored tosaid loop, and means attached to the free edge of said spring forsecuring the saucer on said support and supporting a cup relativelythereto.

3. A cup and saucer support comprising a pair of spaced side portionshaving front and rear leg portions, rearwardly extending loops at thetop of said front leg portions; the said loops extending downwardly andforwardly and then hook at the free end of said spring having a doubleloop forming a downwardly and up wardly open hook, the said downwardly:open hook being adapted to fit over the upper edge of the said saucerand the upwardly open heels being adapted to receive the handle of a cupfor supporting the said cup against the inner face of said saucer.

ERNEST R. HANSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the fileofthis patent:

Number Name Date 338,355 Osborne et a1 Mar.'23, 1886 687,020 HallenbergNov. 19, 1901 8691 995 Timberlake Nov. 5, 190-? 2,265,101,. RichardsDec. 9, 1941

